Man fired from store after his paint-mixing TikToks go viral

A student at Ohio University who worked part-time at a Sherwin-Williams store was fired after the company found his paint-mixing TikTok @tonesterpaints. Tony Piloseno, whose account has more than 1.4 million followers, said he had been encouraging the company to market its brand to a younger audience on social media. company personnel at Sherwin-Williams investigated his account and fired him for making videos with company equipment “during [his] working hours”. Piloseno was accused of “gross misconduct,” including “wasting properties” and “seriously embarrass[ing] the company or its products” . Piloseno admitted to filming videos while mixing paints for customers when he started his account in December 2019. From there, he began purchasing cans of paint with his employee discount — but he was accused of stealing. Commenters showed their support on many of his posts.“Sherwin-Williams has no clue what they lost,” one wrote. “You deserved so much better king keep it up,” another said. “Don’t be shy, start your own paint company,” a third replied